The Laws /Lawes family genealogy in Norfolk
I am searching for any descendants of James
Laws and Mary Ann Simpson from the South Creake area of
Norfolk, England. More particularly I am interested in the
descendants of one of their children, James Laws who married as
Mary Ann Lake.
James and Mary Ann had eleven children, one
of which was Edith (Edyth) Laws. Edyth, as she preferred to be
known, maintained a line of correspondence with the Eggleton
family descendants in Wayne County, Pennsylvania who emigrated
from Norfolk in 1871. Later the correspondence was to be
carried on by Edyths son Tom who would have appeared to also
have had a brother called Harry.
In 1868 Amelia Lawes married William Robert
Eggleton in South Creake, Norfolk, England. I believe Amelia
was the sister of James who married Mary Anne Lake and
therefore also a daughter of James Laws and Mary Ann
Simpson.
The Laws family became linked to the
Eggletons through the marriage of William Robert Eggleton and
Amelia Laws at South Creake, Norfolk, England in the year 1868.
The couple had a child the following year, Amelia Eggleton.
Unfortunately later in 1869 William Robert died leaving Amelia
to raise their young daughter.
I have some copies of letters written to Lela
Maudsley in America regarding the family history and would
dearly love to find the copies of the letters written by Lela
and sent to England to complete the picture. The early letters,
one I believe 1914 and later 1950 were written by Edith Lawes
who preferred to spell her name Edyth Laws. Edyth was the child
of James Laws and Mary Ann Lake.
Later in the late 1980's the correspondence
continued with one of Edyth's children, Tom and his wife
Stella. Tom would also have appeared to have a brother Harry
who also got smitten by the genealogy bug. This correspondence
between the family in England and Wayne County, Pennsylvania
continued through the generations and was maintained up to
about 1990.
Tom and Stella lived in Ropley, Alresford and
other addresses were mentioned like the Ten Cottages which are
either in Syderstone or South Creake, 8 Highfield Road which I
believe to be in Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire and 31
South Avenue which I believe to be near South
Creake.
If you have links to this family
or can help add to this story I would be very happy to hear
from you. Tom, Edyth and Lela were working on genealogy in the
days before internet and although things might be easier now
their stories and memoirs are an important of that family
story.

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